VMware Fusion contains a TOCTOU (Time-of-check Time-of-use) vulnerability that occurs during an operation performed by a SETUID binary. A malicious actor with local non-administrative user privileges may exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to root on the system where Fusion is installed.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/37454 Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.0 · vmwareNVD modified 2026-10-26 14:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*